1. ...personal use...: We try to do all we can to
encourage every researcher to use this information as a guide, but not
to assume it is accurate. Obtaining primary source material, and
carefully scrutinizing claimed information about your ancestors is fundamental
to good genealogy research.

2. ...commercial use...: This is meant to discourage
software companies and commercial genealogy sites who charge for access,
from lifting the content of these pages and re-selling them. It is
not meant to discourage individual genealogists and family members
interested in publishing their own work *along* with properly sourced and
credited work not just from this site, but sourcing the contributor to
this site! We try very hard to give credit where credit is due!

We greatly encourage family members and researchers to preserve the
history, and do not mean to restrict or discourage individual publications.
Indeed, anyone who has anything to distribute/sell is encouraged to provide
description and how to obtain the publication, and it will be posted on
at the http://www.bowlbyfamily.org/store.htm

3. Individuals... retain ownership...: You gave it,
you own it. In addition, if at anytime a person wants information
they contributed to be removed from the site, and the site is still being
actively maintained, they need only ask.

4. ...distribute this information, in alternative forms and
for sale...: The intention of this site and the organization
is to explore and preserve our family history for future generations.
The hope of the organization is to distribute that information in physical
book or periodical publications and associated CD, as well as on
the web site. It is also considered that living researchers and relatives
are, in general, more comfortable with their factual information being
shared, especially within the context of the family, in the inherently
limited distribution forms such as physical book or periodical and CD,
vs. the virtually unbridled distribution afforded by the posting of information
on web sites or open forums. Prior to publications sponsored by the organization,
efforts may be made to secure more formal permissions for the use of information
for publication. Until then, we hope people read this and understand
the intent of the organization before contributing content.

The organization behind this site as of January 14, 2001, consists of
6 board members elected December 15, 2000 by a ballot vote of a pre-existing
membership and current membership, a current membership consisting of 33
members, and an associated, non-dues paying association with over 100 descendant
researchers thought to have been properly placed within the family tree,
and some 50 researchers, historians, and likely descendants, who participate
in a variety of ways.

Financial information, membership lists, and other board activities
and projects, are posted on this web site available to all.